Should fashion have copyright?
At the Freakonomics (such a regrettable word, but I guess we’re stuck with it) blog, Kal Raustiala and Chris Sprigman argue that fashion works quite well without copyright: …in the fashion world, copying has hidden benefits. Styles, as we all know, rise and fall in a ceaseless cycle of trends. That is the nature of [...]
Breast Reconstruction – how can they help in the plastic surgery after surgery
Breast about-face is a phenomenon for women who’ve had a mastectomy. We all accept that breast blight agency the end of your chest, but you can accept breasts afresh aloof like you did before. With reconstruction, you can change the appearance or accomplish alterations to clothing your needs and wishes. A reconstructed breast may not [...]
Medical apps are a wonderful thing but those drug ads may sway doctors’ choices
From the NYTimes: Epocrates drug reference app has won over 50% of U.S. doctors. But like so much else on the Web, “free” comes with a price: doctors must wade through marketing messages on Epocrates that try to sway their choices of which drugs to prescribe. The marketing messages are difficult to ignore. For example, [...]
Januvia Virtually Identical to Glipizide over 2 Years–Another Misreported Study
A recent study compared the effect of taking the very cheap generic sulfonylurea drug glipizide to the new extremely expensive drug Januvia. The abstract reports the results as if they meant that Januvia was far superior to glipizide in preserving insulin secretion, reducing weight, and avoiding hypos. Fortunately, the entire study is available online for [...]
Noninvasive ventilation for chest trauma related hypoxemia
—reduced the need for intubation in this study.
